Leafs definitely need to win tonight. Carolina have the same record as us. We have to keep an eye on Staal tonight. That kid is dangerous. Carolina have a decent team with some veterans. Will be a tough match....3-2 for the buds!!

It could be a milestone evening at the Air Canada Centre when Mats Sundin and the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Carolina Hurricanes in the lone NHL game of the night.

The Leafs captain is one goal away from moving into sole possession of first place on the franchise list. Sundin scored his 389th goal as a Maple Leaf against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, tying him with Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler for the top spot.

He is also just one point away from tying Sittler's franchise record for career points (916).

Sundin's next goal also will be the 525th of his career, which will break a 28th-place tie with Bryan Trottier on the NHL's all-time list.

Vesa Toskala will likely get the call in goal for Toronto. He won in his first home appearance with the team, stopping 25 shots in a 4-3 victory over Montreal on Saturday.

The Hurricanes will likely start Cam Ward in goal. The 23-year-old is 1-0-1 with a 1.98 goals-against average and .946 save percentage less than a week into the season.

The Maple Leafs got some stunning news on Monday when winger Jason Blake announced he has a rare form of leukemia that is highly treatable. The 34-year-old said he has begun treatment and will still be able to perform at a high level. He made his condition public after talking to teammates at practice.

Blake is in no immediate danger and shouldn't miss any playing time, according to team doctors.

He will be in the lineup tonight and says he doesn't want his opponents to treat him differently because of the leukemia.

Leafs got licked 7-1 last night by Carolina. Terrible effort displayed by 95% of the players. Lets hope the Leafs rebound against the Islanders on Thursday. You can guarantee that PM will make them work their a*ses off in practice today. He will not tolerate such a poor performance.

Leafs got licked 7-1 last night by Carolina. Terrible effort displayed by 95% of the players. Lets hope the Leafs rebound against the Islanders on Thursday. You can guarantee that PM will make them work their a*ses off in practice today. He will not tolerate such a poor performance.

Oh YEAH! 8-1. Leafs showed that they have the confidence and ability to bounce back from a 7-1 loss. 8 different players scored and Sundin finally became the all time Leafs scorer in points and goals. Congrats Mats! Next is Buffalo monday...should be a good game!

Oh YEAH! 8-1. Leafs showed that they have the confidence and ability to bounce back from a 7-1 loss. 8 different players scored and Sundin finally became the all time Leafs scorer in points and goals. Congrats Mats! Next is Buffalo monday...should be a good game!

I've been very disappointed with Tucker the past 5 games. He wasn't putting in his usual effort and working hard on the ice. Until the game against NYI. He's finally got a few points and working hard in the corners.

Jason Blake finally scored his first goal as Leaf. He has tremendous pressure on him to produce here and glad he got the first goal off his shoulders. Leafs need to pick it up a bit and use their physical presence in games down low. We miss Wellwood dearly...can't wait for him to return.

We lost again to Buff. Were 2-4-1. Brutal record. Nikki Antrpov has been playing very well as of late. Very surprised. PM must have this team play more defensively. We are conceding way too many shots. We are an offensive minded team, but we must not rely on our D and our goal tending to win the game. We let in 4 goals per game...no team will win in this league giving up that many goals.

Let's turn this around quickly boys...long season ahead, but we cannot fall too far behind this early.

Remember Larry Murphy...the fans drove him out of T.O. I doubt that will be the case with McCabe...But i expect the fans to come down hard on McCabe. 590AM today was encouraging the fans to Boo Richard Peddie and the board for the Leafs disasters, not the players.

How do you boo Peddie and the board though? Besides, their job is to make $$$ and MLSE is making loads of it. IMO the only ******** up was hiring JFJ, he's run this team into the ground (and this from a guy who said "give him one more year"). 5.75M for McCabe is ridiculous, he overpaid for Kubina and he gave Raycroft (and Toskala) an extension before he had to. We had a playoff calibre team prior to the lockout and he's taken that core and done SFA with it.

If you look at Sr. management they were willing to spend the cash to build a winner in the years leading up to the lockout and then that advantage was nullified w the new CBA. They've since ramped up the scouting dept. and they were looking to bring in Scotty Bowman as an "advisor" - but he declined. IMO bringing in the top hockey people money can buy is the only way this team wins a Cup.

There's too much politics going on in MLSE. I agree with the business aspect of the Leafs. They are doing a fabulous job at making money. And that is the first priority as a business. But they also want to build a Cup contender team. The board decided to stay with JFJ when he should of been fired last season for not making the playoffs. I like JFJ competitive nature, but he is far too inexperienced to lead a team like the Leafs.

Making the transition from pre lockout to post lockout has been devastating for us. But now that the cap is at 50M we have some more flexibility. But our over spending on players has cost us. I think we can make a 6th-8th spot as long as we play with consistency and the top players play to their ability. Otherwise, it doesn't look good. I do feel sorry for PM...he's a great coach, but there's only so much the guy can do with players like Kilger, Devereaux, Newbury, Pohl, Belak, Battaglia etc.